Mobile sanitary unit for accommodating at least two sanitary facilities

Abstract

A collapsible, mobile sanitary unit for accommodating sanitary facilities such as toilets, showers and washbasins, the unit including a bottom, a circumferential wall, a roof element, and a partition subdividing the interior space into separate compartments, the unit further includes doors for accessing the compartments, and the wall including pivotally connected wall elements arranged to pivot to collapse the unit to reduce the wall height thereof.

The invention claimed is:  
     
       1. A mobile sanitary unit for accommodating at least two sanitary facilities, comprising:
 a bottom; 
 a circumferential wall at least partially surrounding a circumference of the bottom; 
 a roof element provided on the circumferential wall spaced from the bottom, wherein interior space cooperatively defined by the bottom, the circumferential wall and the roof element is subdivided by at least one partition extending from the bottom to the roof element to define at least two compartments for separately housing the at least two sanitary facilities, the at least two sanitary facilities being directly laterally adjacent to one another and each sanitary facility having a toilet and a door extending between the bottom and the roof element for accessing each sanitary facility, wherein each toilet is directly laterally adjacent to the partition; 
 wherein the circumferential wall comprises a reducing system for reducing a distance between the bottom and the roof element to achieve use and reduced states of the mobile sanitary unit, the reducing system including at least two wall elements pivotally connected and arranged vertically one above the other, wherein one of the wall elements pivots about a pivot axis that extends parallel to a plane formed by the bottom; 
 wherein at least two portions of the circumferential wall and the partition are detachable and are configured for stowing between the toilets and roof element of the sanitary unit when the mobile sanitary unit is in the reduced state; 
 wherein the doors are configured for stowing directly underneath the toilets when the mobile sanitary unit is in the reduced state; and 
 wherein the roof element is configured to form a cover fitting between front and rear pillars that is parallel to each toilet top when the mobile sanitary unit is in the reduced state. 
 
     
     
       2. The mobile sanitary unit of  claim 1 , wherein the bottom is substantially rectangular. 
     
     
       3. The mobile sanitary unit of  claim 1 , wherein one of the wall elements is pivotally connected to the roof element. 
     
     
       4. The mobile sanitary unit of  claim 1 , wherein the roof element is configured to translate parallel to the plane formed by the bottom to achieve the use and reduced states of the mobile sanitary unit. 
     
     
       5. The mobile sanitary unit of  claim 1 , wherein the reducing system comprises at least three interconnected rectangular wall elements, and wherein adjacent interconnected wall elements pivot about a pivot axis extending parallel to the plane formed by the bottom. 
     
     
       6. The mobile sanitary unit of  claim 1 , wherein one of the at least two wall elements is fixed to the bottom, and wherein a ratio of a height of the wall unit fixed to the bottom to a total wall height is ranges from ⅕ to ⅗. 
     
     
       7. The mobile sanitary unit of  claim 1 , wherein the circumferential wall comprises a rear wall and two opposing side walls. 
     
     
       8. The mobile sanitary unit of  claim 7 , wherein the rear wall comprises the reducing system. 
     
     
       9. The mobile sanitary unit of  claim 1 , wherein the roof element and at least one of the two wall elements are parallel when the mobile sanitary unit is in the reduced state. 
     
     
       10. The mobile sanitary unit of  claim 1 , wherein the roof element, the bottom, and at least one of the two wall elements are parallel when the mobile sanitary unit is in the reduced state. 
     
     
       11. The mobile sanitary unit of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one door is detachable and stores within the mobile sanitary unit in the reduced state.